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WFW advising RMI and leading banks on development of aviation climate-aligned finance framework

Stuart Mitchell

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) is advising RMI and a group of leading banks on the development of a climate-aligned finance (“CAF”) framework to support decarbonisation in the aviation sector. The lenders involved include Bank of America, BNP Paribas, Citibank, Crédit Agricole CIB, Société Générale and Standard Chartered Bank who are partnering with RMI’s Centre for Climate-Aligned Finance as part of an Aviation Climate-Aligned Finance Working Group (the “Working Group”) to create the CAF framework. The CAF framework represents a commitment by participating financial institutions to annually assess and disclose,…

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Maritime sector and green hydrogen leaders agree on ambitious targets and collaboration to reach zero emissions global shipping by 2050

Stuart Mitchell

Ten organizations signed the Joint Statement on Green Hydrogen and Green Shipping, committing to rapid adoption of green hydrogen-based fuels this decade to get on track for full decarbonization of the shipping sector by 2050, and calling on policymakers to help achieve the ambitious targets. Leading organizations and initiatives across the shipping value chain, joined by the  largest producers of green hydrogen, signed on to a joint statement at COP27, committing to the rapid and ambitious production and use of low-carbon fuels based on green hydrogen to accelerate decarbonization of…

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